Ever since the fog enveloped this mountainous area, everything here had changed. It could even be said that even ghost messengers had to be more careful here.
For details, they could see Zhou Ze and lawyer an,
They had become especially low-key.
However, in this kind of environment, there were actually ghost messengers here to rush for "Performance.".
Seeing that the few people who had been hanged in this room had already walked out of the door and gathered on the street, Zhou Ze thought for a moment and suggested,
"Shall we go out and take a look?"
"Yes."
Lawyer an nodded in agreement.
He also wanted to see which unit his colleague was from to have such a good reputation.
However, it was not appropriate to go out rashly like this.
Lawyer an found a rope from the kitchen and cut it into two pieces. He tied one around his neck and handed the other to Zhou Ze.
"We have my special aura-concealing card in our pockets. When the time comes, we can deliberately leak out some ghost aura. We shouldn't be discovered."
Zhou Ze reached out and tugged the rope around lawyer an's neck.
"But their rope is facing up."
Indeed..,
Those villagers were all hanged to death. Even though they had escaped from the state of hanging, the upper end of the rope tied around their necks was still raised high, as if they were still hanging.
"That's easy."
Lawyer an found two small tree branches from the kitchen, wrapped them with a rope, and inserted them into the collar behind his neck. It looked like the rope was standing up.
"Is that okay?" Lawyer an said with a smile.
"You're so smart."
Just like that..,
Zhou Ze and lawyer an also walked out with a pair of firewood sticks. After they merged into the tide of villagers, the two of them deliberately emitted some death aura.
They were "Ghosts" to begin with,
At this time, it was actually not a pretense,
It was more like they were revealing their true feelings.
This village only had a few hundred people. It did not seem like a lot, but when everyone gathered together and lined up, there was still a formation.
Zhou Ze and lawyer an cut in the middle of the line,
There was another sound of a whip in front of them,
The line began to move forward silently.
Everyone was in a daze,
They walked forward step by step.
This feeling made Zhou Ze a little absent-minded,
It was as if he was not in the human world,
But on the road to the Yellow Springs of Hell.
Because everything was too similar.
Lawyer An had been looking left and right, observing something. However, from his appearance, his face was pale. It really seemed like that was the case.
Zhou Ze was thinking.
If the crew needed to hire a professional corpse actor,
He was the most suitable choice.
There was no need for makeup.
He blended in perfectly.
Just like that, everyone walked out of the village.
Zhou Ze saw the guy with the whip at the front of the group. He was dressed in black, like a corpse herder.
Since the other party did not walk back, there was no possibility of them being exposed for the time being. However, at the same time, they lost the opportunity to observe the other party.
On both sides of the fog, there were hands waving about, as if there were evil spirits baring their fangs and brandishing their claws. However, because of the restraint of the whip, they took the initiative to make a path, not daring to come forward and offend him.
The whip cracked from time to time.
Slogans were shouted from time to time.
The procession advanced steadily.
It didn't seem like they were herding corpses, but more like herding ^ (* ̄ (oo ̄) ^) ^.
They had been walking for a long time.
Zhou Ze felt that his feet were a little sore,
Lawyer an, who was at the side, was still acting at his peak.
He perfectly blended into the surroundings.
"Hey, it's not a good idea to follow them like this."
Zhou Ze said.
Lawyer An didn't say anything.
"Hello?"
Zhou Ze shouted again.
Lawyer An still didn't say anything.
Zhou Ze reached out and gently poked Lawyer An. He found that Lawyer An's body tilted and was about to fall.
In shock, Zhou Ze immediately reached out and helped Lawyer An up. If he fell, he would be exposed.
Lawyer An was still walking forward mechanically.
Zhou Ze reached out and pinched Lawyer An's waist.
Lawyer An's eyes widened.
He sucked in a breath of cold air.
"Are you asleep?" Zhou Ze asked.
"Ah, yes."
Lawyer An twisted his neck and continued to walk forward.
"Meditation has such an effect?"
"Ah, yes."
So I'm pretending to walk forward while you're sleeping?
Who's the boss?
"The ability to meditate is very wonderful. Of course, someone like you who has a maid to hug and sleep won't understand it."
Lawyer An said sourly.
The two of them bickered. Unknowingly, the procession stopped.
"Stopped?"
Lawyer An carefully stuck his head out and looked out.
"There seems to be a memorial arch in front."
Zhou Ze also stuck his head out and looked ahead.
Indeed.
There was a memorial arch in front.
Half of the memorial arch was black and the other half was white.
It stood on the mountain road. It was not very tall. It was only the size of an ordinary rural family's gate. However, it exuded a simple and unadorned aura.
"This isn't the Gate of Hell, is it?" Zhou Ze asked.
Old An was much more experienced in this area than him. Zhou Ze had never even entered the Playboy part of Hell.
Old An was an upright person in the system.
"The key to the Gate of Hell in the hands of the Ghost Messenger is actually just a guide. It's more like a teleportation array. I can guarantee that even a judge can't master the Gate of Hell.
Even the legendary Ten Yama Kings or even Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva can't master it. "
The Gate of Hell was more like an abstract expression.
Legend had it that it ran through the mortal world and the netherworld. It was the bridge of communication between the two boundaries. How could such a "Thing" that could determine the two planes be controlled by humans?
If anyone controlled it, it would not only be as simple as controlling the passage in and out.
In addition to its practical significance and influence.
It was equivalent to truly controlling the boundary between life and death!
"Then what is this?" Zhou Ze asked.
"I don't know. If I knew, would I still be trapped in this fog?"
"Why are you so useless?"
"..." lawyer an.
Didn't you just say that he was smart?
The man in black put down his whip and knelt down in front of the black-and-white memorial arch, as if he was chanting something loudly.
"What is he singing? It seems to be a dialect," Zhou Ze asked.
"I don't know. The accent of a ghost is usually based on the place where he was born. In recent years, the Mandarin of the Yang Realm has become popular, but it will still take some time for it to truly affect the Netherworld.
After all, the people who can speak fluent Mandarin are still quite young. They are not in their seventies or eighties and are about to die. "
After the chanting,
The black-and-white memorial arch began to tremble.
Then.
A light screen similar to a Taiji diagram appeared under the memorial arch.
The ghost in black stood up again, picked up the whip, and whipped it into the sky. He shouted,
"Let's go!"
For a moment.
The team began to move forward.
The people in front of them had already walked into the memorial arch.
They disappeared.
The people behind them continued to follow.
The whole scene looked exceptionally strange.
It was like everyone was lining up to bungee jump, and there were no safety measures at all.
It was also like they were lining up to be shot. In short, they were not prepared at all.
Perhaps.
This sense of crisis.
It came from the unknown.
These dead villagers were fine.
Anyway, they were unconscious existences. They were basically controlled by the whip. However, Zhou Ze and lawyer an were not.
What was behind the memorial arch?
Would they be able to come out after entering?
Everything was unknown.
Because of this.
The two people who were originally in the middle of the line.
They began to carry forward the spirit of "Respect the old and love the young. Ladies first."
You first, you first.
You first, you first.
You come, you come.
I'm not in a hurry. I'm not in a hurry.
The two of them began to retreat.
In the end.
They had already retreated to the end of the line.
In this situation, it was impossible for them to continue with their style.
There were only two paths left in front of them.
One path was to close their eyes and walk forward.
Since a new storm had already appeared, how could they stop moving forward?
One path was to directly shed all pretense of cordiality and start fighting!
People with life and workplace experience understood one thing.
That was.
Employees in the same unit.
Sometimes, the relationship was more tense than when a fellow villager saw a fellow villager shoot him in the back.
Of course.
There were two choices.
They would definitely choose the latter.
The first one was directly rejected.
As two greasy middle-aged men who had experienced the hardships of life.
Facing the unknown and new challenges was what young people should do.
It was impossible for boss Zhou and lawyer an to look for that kind of excitement.
The basic quality of the melon eaters was that they were only responsible for eating melons.
They would never go down!
Just as there were only a dozen or so people left in front of them, boss Zhou and lawyer an were ready to take the initiative to restrain the guy in the black uniform holding the whip.
Nine blue shadows suddenly sped over from the fog.
They were the souls of the nine women.
They carried a strong sense of resentment!
Previously, Zhou Ze had met two. There were still seven in the room. In total, there were nine.
The man with the whip turned around abruptly.
Zhou Ze and lawyer an immediately looked at him.
Hmm.
They still didn't see his face clearly.
Because he was wearing a black mask.
"You guys have to go in too. Hurry up!!!"
"Pa!"
He waved the whip again.
The faces of the nine souls revealed expressions of pain and struggle.
They were abducted and sold here when they were alive.
Now, he was forced to go somewhere else by the whip.
This kind of resistance imprinted in the depths of their souls made them less obedient.
In addition, they were the main culprits who caused the village to be completely wiped out.
A vengeful ghost that had committed so many murders and taken so many lives was different. Compared to a normal vengeful ghost, it was like the difference between a veteran who had been on the battlefield and a new recruit.
"Ahhhhhh!!!!!"
Nine shrill screams converged into one.
Then..,
Nine figures charged towards the black-robed man.
It seemed like they would perish together!
Eh?
Were they going to start fighting?
Zhou Ze and Lawyer an looked at each other,
They were waiting to watch a good show.
But in the next moment …
Zhou Ze and Lawyer an widened their eyes.
The insufferably arrogant man who had just been brandishing his whip.
When he saw the nine malicious spirits rushing towards him,
He cried out in terror, "What a joke!
"Oh my God!!"
Then..,
He threw the whip on the ground.
He spread his legs.
He began to run frantically into the fog.
He didn't even turn his head.
He ran so straightforwardly.
He was so agile.